Jeffrey Briggs

Jeff Briggs received his B.A. from Tufts and his Diploma from the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts in 1969. Over the past 26 years he has had numerous shows of his intricate, highly carved and laminated wood sculptures. He is known for his Art Nouveau style women, carved out of complimentary combinations of exotic and domestic woods. His wood sculpture was shown in the Verbena Gallery, New York, NY from 1978 through 1985. His work has been featured in numerous publications --- YANKEE MAGAZINE, FINE WOODWORKING, and INTERIOR DESIGN. In 1989, Jeff began working as a designer for Fabricon Carousel Company in New York, NY. He has sculpted carousel animals, horses, elephants, dolphins, and frogs, as well as a carousel scenery panels that are presently part of functioning carousels all over the world - Singapore, Bolivia, New Zealand and many cities in the USA. Over the past several years he has worked on projects for Disneyworld, Euro Disney, the Plaza Hotel, FAO Schwartz, Eddie Bauer and L.L. Bean.

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